Packing for eggs and other fragile articles



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Application filed January 11, 1924. Serial No. 685,502.

5 Moms KOPPEIMAN, of the borough of 7 Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, cit and State of New York, citizens of the nited States, have invented certain new and use-' tul Improvements in Packings for Eggs 10 and Other Fragile Articles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The improvements relate to acking for fragile articles such as eggs, e ectric light bulbs bottles and other articles which are 5 usually of a more or less lobular form, made of brittle material suc as glass and china, and more articularly to packing of this character which is adapted to space and hold such articlesandprotect them against 2 breaking shocks and strains in storage, shipment and handlin 4 In the a plicaticn of the improvements illustrated in the drawings the packing is used for the purpose of holding and protecting eggs in a carton adapted to be used for acking, shipment and. storage, but it will be understood that there are other uses to which they may be put, either with or without modification.

In the said drawings Fig. 1 isa side view of a box or'car-ton with packing devices therein embodying the improvements, one end of. the 'box being broken away to disclose the interior; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of oneend of the box shown in Fi 2 with the packing and articles pack one of the article I olding on or receptacles of the packing; Fig. 41s a plan of two of the said receptacles and adjacent portions of the sheet on which they are mounted. j

The box A may be of any suitable form. As shown it consists of ordinary paper board folded into a-rectangular enclosure and having an openable lid or cover A with a fia A ada ted to be passed down inside the x and tween one of its walls and the edges of the packing members to close that the material W'lll be of su therein; Fi 3 is a detail view of recesses or cups 0, the sheet and recmses being best formed by a felting rocess,so

antiall uniform strength and thickness, and. wil not have weak spots or breaks in it, as would occur if it were attempted to form the packv in from flat sheets of material.

11 the present instance the cups or recesses are of a size and shape adapted for the acking of eggs, electric light bulbs and bott es of certain forms, and have a zone of depression 0 extending from the sheet B on curved conver g lines and a depression C at the bottom t hEreof carved on a smaller radius and extending from the bottom of the depression C to proximity to the box or casing. The depression 0 is adapted to receive and conform approximately to the exterior of the article to be held, the lines of junction of the same with the sheet B and the depression C 'forming friction or grip ping points, and holding the article against lateral movement with or without assistance of the portions between these'lines, and the depression C forming to protect the article against shocks from the outside and also causing, when pressure is exerted thereon a certain flexin action of the walls of the portion C so t at it will maintain a slightly resilient gri on the article. The packing however should be formed of relativel heavy and rigid material, so that it wilfnot give way or be deformed by the ordinary stresses of use but will return at once to normal shape after being flexed b any strain.

In use the ower packin member is first placed in thebottom of 0' box or carton. with the cup-form recesses downward, and the articles to be packed placed individually therein, another member isthen placed on end an 5 the cups with articles therein fill.

a from side a Side. The height of the box will of course depend upon the length of the article held between the packing members,

' and should be such that the domes G are in member may be omitted, and a sheet of corthe ones herein descri rugated paper or apad insertedin its place, if necessary. It will be found that the cups will hold the articles efiectively against lateral movement though only one set is used.

If the articles are of the same diameter as the combined depth of the cups the sheets B will be brought together so as to completely enclose the article, and in the packt v of eggs or any other article cups of 'ticient depth to bring about this result may be used. In the illustrative embodiment of the improvements shown in the drawings the cups are formed primarily for use in the packing of one layer or tier, as in the. ordinary parcels ost or retail store package. It is obvious t at- Where the eggs or other articles are packed in crates or other receptacles, tier on tier, it will be advantageous to have the cups of sufiicient depth to permit the sheets B to "be in contact, so that the weight of a tier is supported by the packing of the tier below and not imposed on the eggs themselves. It is further obwious that where super ed tiers are used, the cking sheets with t eir cups may be cut or formed so that the articles and their on holders will be in staggered relation with the domes C of one layer located in the depressions between the cups, and forming shock absorbing supports.

By means of this packing a standard crate of eggs may be filled, without the use of fillers or any other acking-member than d, and the eggs removed a dozen-or more or less-at a time tobep in a box or carton which may be taken away.

by the retail customer. The boxes or cartons shown may be dispensed with when the eggs or other articles are packed in crates, as the sheets B with their recesses and sub-recesses will afiord; sufiicient spacing and protection when the said articles are packed in superposed layers or tiers, with or without fillers. A: similar ractice may be followed in the acking,sh1 ment and-sale of other articles. t will also e apparent that the boxes may be opened and the articles removed therefrom in the lower packing member and pl M: upon a; counter or other support for examination, and returned to the box, without hand-ling.

The size and proportions of the parts of the packing members may be varied, and other changes made in details without depatting from the scope of the invention.

at we claim is: 1 -A- rng for fragile articles adapts ced in a suitable box or other. en-

- closure comprising a sheet of material havmg a series of cup-like depressed portions formed therein and adapted to receive arholes to be pod and hold them in spaced spacing the same an sions of the main cup-like depression, and adapted to extend beyond the article therein.

2. In the packing specified in claim 1, the said sheets, depressions and extensions thereof being formed of a continuous piece of fibrous sheet material.

3. In the packing specified in claim 1, the depressions being separated and spaced from one another by portions of the sheet of material, and the said sheet of material extending laterally beyond the outermost of said depressed portions.

4. The combination with a box or like enclosure of a sheet of packing material adapted to be placed in said box and to receive articles to-be packed therein and hold them in spaced relation, said sheet of packing material having article receiving depressions therein and bottom sub-depressions of relatively smallv diameter and extending over a relatively small portion of the main depression. i I

5. In the combination specified in claim 4; the said sheet extending laterally from side to side and from end to end of the enclosure and the said bottom sub depressions extending to proximity to another side of said enclosure.

6. In the combination specified in claim a-the said sheet of packing material being constructed and arran 'ed to be placed either in the top or the bottom of the receptacle.

7. In combination with the devices specified in claim 4, a second similar sheet of well as lateral movement.

8. A packing for fragile articles comprising a sheet or relative y rigid fibrous material having a series of spaced depressed portions and lateral portions connectlng and outermost depressed portions, the said depressed portions having extensions of relatively small diameter at the bottom only, and said sheet adapted to receive one end portion of the article to be acked, the construction and arrangement Eein such that another similar sheet may be p aced so as to receive the opposite end portions of articles in the de ressions of the first sheet so that the sai articles are held thenebetween and. out of contact on all sides with one another and with objects such as the walls of a box or other enclosure.

9. A packing for fragile articles adapted extending beyond the MND llli

lllti to be placedin a Suitable box or other encesses, and adapted to extend beyond the arclosure, comprising a piece of sheet mateticle. placed therein. 7

rial having a series of cup-like recesses Witness our hands this9th day of Janformed therein and adapted to receive aruary, 1924, at the borough of Manhattan I 5 ticles to be packed and hold them in spaced in the city, county and State of New York.

relation, said recesses having sub-recesses at y the bottom only and of relatively small di- LEON MANN am'eter forming extensions of the main re- A MORRIS KOPPELMAN. 

